“I don’t question the care, I didn’t question their effort because it’s been a strong group all year long. I’m frustrated for them because this was rock bottom tonight for us and I hate to see us at this time of year be playing this way after all the good minutes we’ve put in throughout the year,” Tortorella said after the game.

With just three games left in the regular season, Philadelphia likely needs to win out to make the playoffs. The Flyers will close out their season with games against the New York Rangers, New Jersey Devils, and Washington Capitals, with the latter two being at home.

But, following their eight-game losing streak, MoneyPuck is giving Philadelphia a slim 7.5% chance of making the postseason.

Despite the team’s slide, Flyers president Keith Jones viewed the season through a different lens, according to The Philadelphia Inquirer’s Mike Sielski.

“It happens,” Jones said, Sielski wrote in an April 10 column. “It’s a terrible thing to go through. But there has been a lot of progress made under adverse circumstances. It’s going to take time. We’ve been clear about that from the start. There’s been a lot of growth.”

Flyers Fans Call for Tortorella to Be Fired

Despite Dreger’s report that Tortorella’s job is safe with the Flyers, fans are calling for that to not be the case.

“How many FA’s are going to CHOOSE to play under Torts? 5-15%? That % will probably be the ones that have no other options left. What % of players that played this season would re-sign with Philly? Torts has created a toxic enviro there (everywhere). Good luck Flyers fans,” a fan wrote.

“Fact is is his shelf will run out by next year. Always does,” one fan wrote.

Tortorella is in his second season with the Flyers. In his first year last season, Philadelphia missed the playoffs going 31-38-13, and finished seventh in the Metro division.